Girth.



.No. 852,059. PATENTED'APR. 30, 190?.

J. W. GARDNER.

GIRTH.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 30, 1906.

[NVE/V TOR W1 TNESSES:

UNITED STA'iIiFgS;

EAJIENT @FFICE.

GIRTH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 30, 1907.

Application filed March 30,1906. Serial No. 308.971-

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMES l/VILLIAM GARD" NER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Jarratt, in the county of Sussex and State ofVirginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Girths;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to Which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in girths and myobject is to provide a device of this class adapted to be used inconnection with harness and one that is adapted to hold the traces fromthe sides of the draft animals.

A further object is to provide a girth which can be quickly secured toor removed from the harness.

A further object is to provide adjusting means for said girth whereby itmay be made to fit different sized animals.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter made clearly apparentand pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings which are made a part of this application,I have shown the preferred form of my invention.

In said drawings-Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my improvedgirth secured in position upon a section of a harness. F ig. 2 is acentral, vertical, sectional view thereof, and, Fig. 3 is a detailelevation showing my device as applied to a different form of trace fromthat shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Referring to the drawings, in which similar reference numerals designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 indicates the tracesof a harness which may be of any preferred construction, while 2 and 3in dicate the two sections of my improved girth, the meeting ends ofeach of said sections being provided with a plurality of registeringopenings 4 through which is inserted one or more locking bolts 5 and bywhich means said sections 2 and 3 are adjustably secured together. Theupper ends of each of the members 2 and 3 are provided with ways 6, saidways being directed inwardly and upwardly from the inner edge of saidmembers 2 and 3, the lower ends 7 of said ways being curved inwardly andintersecting said inner edges.

In applying my improved girth to use the the same is placed below theanimal and the traces I entered into the ways 6, thereby securing saidgirth to the harness and as said girth is preferably constructed ofmetal, said traces will be held in their adjusted position. It willtherefore be seen that when the sections 2 and 3 are properly adjustedand secured to the traces 1, said traces will be held from contact withthe body of the animal and it will also be seen that said girth willprevent the traces from moving upwardly along the sides of the animalwhen the line of draft upon the traces is above their normal position.

In Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings I have shown my improved girth asapplied to chain traces while in Fig. 3 I have shown one end of saiddevice as secured to a leather or flat trace, it being clearlyunderstood that the girth may be attached to any preferred form oftrace. It will also be readily understood that by providing the meetingends of the members 2 and 3 with registering openings said girth may bemade larger or smaller as desired to conform to the different sizedanimals upon which it may be used.

What I claim is 1. In a trace holder, a curved frame in two sections,the meeting ends of said sections adapted to overlap each other, meansto adjustably secure the overlapped. ends of said sections together, thefree ends of said sections having curved ways therein to receive thetraces.

2. The herein described holder "for harness traces; comprising a girthmade in sections the meeting ends of which are adapted to overlap eachother, means to adjustably secure'said sections together, each of saidsections having curved ways at its upper end to receive the traces.

3. A holder for harness traces; comprising a girth made in sections, andhaving a plurality of registering openings in the meeting ends thereof,means to engage said registering openings and adjustably secure saidends together, the upper ends of said sections being provided with wayshaving curved outlets whereby the traces may be disposed in said ways.

4. A holder for harness traces, comprising a girth made in sections,said sections having ways directed iinvardly from one edge thereof toreceive said traces, and. means to adjustably secure said sectionstogether.

5. A trace holder, comprising a girth made in sections, the meeting endsof said sections overlapping each other and having a pluralit y' ofregistering openings therethrough, means to engage said openings andadjustably secure said sections together, each of said sections having aplurality of Ways at its upper end to receive the traces, said waysbeing directed inwardly from the inner edges of said sections.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of 10 two subscribing Witnesses.

JAMES WILLIAM GARDNER.

I Witnesses G. W. JOHNSTON, WV. H. BURGAR.

